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Icon of the Seas Blocks Are In The House!

Lloyd555

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longhorn2004

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Icon will be the first Royal Caribbean ship to feature a parabolic bow design.

A parabolic bow is a functional design element that creates a curved indentation in the bottom of the vessel’s hull.  This new bow design helps increase overall stability of the vessel by shifting the center of gravity forward. In addition, parabolic bows allow the ship to be less likely to capsize or heel. This is due to the bow creating an area of low pressure beneath the ship’s hull."

 

Curious to how it moves the CG forward and create the low pressure under the hull

 

https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2022/09/19/new-aerial-photos-show-royal-caribbeans-icon-of-the-seas-construction-progress

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seasidemama

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9 hours ago, longhorn2004 said:

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Icon will be the first Royal Caribbean ship to feature a parabolic bow design.

A parabolic bow is a functional design element that creates a curved indentation in the bottom of the vessel’s hull.  This new bow design helps increase overall stability of the vessel by shifting the center of gravity forward. In addition, parabolic bows allow the ship to be less likely to capsize or heel. This is due to the bow creating an area of low pressure beneath the ship’s hull."

 

Curious to how it moves the CG forward and create the low pressure under the hull

 

https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2022/09/19/new-aerial-photos-show-royal-caribbeans-icon-of-the-seas-construction-progress

 

Does this mean less motion? I'm all for that!

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Tall-Cruiser

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6 hours ago, Mikew0805 said:

Apparently, the "media" person that runs that blog (Matt) was invited to a Media event in Miami on October 18, for the Icon reveal. 

 

With the way the build is going, it’s very likely that all blocks should be installed by then. So we should know at a minimum what the ship exterior looks like. 

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17 minutes ago, clskinsfan said:

ICON teaser part 2 released today. Some really good views of mock ups and VR of Central park and some other areas. 

 

 

Scroll back, the official video was posted earlier today along with lots of screen shots of some of the mock ups.  This is Matt's version, so maybe a little different, but taken from Royal's official video.  

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2 minutes ago, rockmom said:

Scroll back, the official video was posted earlier today along with lots of screen shots of some of the mock ups.  This is Matt's version, so maybe a little different, but taken from Royal's official video.  

Thanks. never fast enough on this site. 🙂

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